Royal Navy Honours Fleet Air Arm Legend | Forces TV

The life of the Fleet Air Arm's most celebrated pilot has been honoured with a memorial flying display. Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown died in February this year. Since then, Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton has been tracking down many of the aircraft he flew.
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[@Slaktrax]

There will never be another. Rest easy.

[@ianmalcolm3215]

Met him at a Helitech event at Redhill Aerodrome some years ago. Had a drink and very nice chat with him until his hosts arrived. Great to meet a genuine legend and such a gentleman.

[@geoffdearth7360]

And as he pointed out no matter how many Marks of Spitfires he flew it only counted as 1. Which makes his achievement all the more amazing.

[@dzzope]

Yea, 478 different aircraft NOT including variants.. I can't even fathom what the number would be with all variants included in the total

[@RJM1011]

Well done he was an AMAZING man of flight and flying.

[@joshhoward6878]

He lived in my village before he sadly passed away

[@hughfranklin5984]

A well deserved tribute

[@pdunderhill]

A single example of what he described as 'Acceptable Risk', he rode a Motorbike with a Sidecar on a Wall of death, his p[passenger was an adult Lion. I have a signed and dedicated copy of his book about the Miles M.52 which really shows his grasp of the technical nitty gritty, an extraordinary Pilot and a very humble man unlike Yaeger...

[@pauldg837]

One of Scotland's finest.

[@tomhaskett5161]

Check out his autobiography Wings On My Sleeves. He also acted as an intepreter in the Nuhrenburg trials

[@markwhittaker953]

respect

[@geoffdearth8575]

RIP Captain Brown from the USA.

[@stevenbevis9290]

USA ?? He was a Scot !

[@mrfitzer11]

02:33 Harry Potter

[@lewisparker4488]

That is luck, throw a party for someone when they know they wont show up!